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Strickland & Russell has dated this piece to the 1880s.
The work is signed and dated (18)80 listed British painter, William Adam (1846-1931).
Adam was born just south of his paternal Scotland in Tweedmouth on the outskirts of Berwick upon Tweed in 1846. After completing grammar school, he began evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art. According to the 1861 Census, he resided in Cathcart now a suburb of Glasgow with his large family; his occupation was given as "clerk.". At the age of 19 he traveled to South America, studied art in Buenos Aires, worked as a broker in Montevideo and in 1926 published a serialised travelogue of his adventures. On his return to Scotland (early 1870s) he continued his art training under Robert Greenlees and Robert Brydall, and was an early member of the Glasgow Art Club. After travels in north Africa and advanced training in Paris under Auguste-Joseph Delécluse he exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts.
Following the death of his wife (Ada Rebecca Adam) the childless William Adam migrated to the United States in 1893-94, settled in Massachusetts, joined the Boston Art Club, and was co-founder and president of the Lowell Art Club. In 1998-99 he relocated to California and worked as an accountant for a mining company before moving permanently to the Monterey Peninsula. By 1901 he resided in the Methodist colony of Pacific Grove, California, began to display his paintings locally, and received an invitation to exhibit in San Francisco at the prestigious W. K. Vickery Gallery. After changing addresses twice he occupied in 1906 the Pacific Grove home at 450 Central Avenue with new wife, Mary Tate Sleuman, who was a Maine-born widow and 18 years younger than her husband.Because he taught art class in Pacific Grove, he was known affectionately as "The Professor." He exhibited at a variety of venues, including the Berkley Art Association, the Art Gallery at the luxury Hotel del Monte in Monterey, CA, and many private galleries in San Francisco. He spent much of his time at the nearby art colony of Carmel by the Sea where he exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Club and the Carmel Art Association between 1906 and 1927. Especially popular with tourists were his (often repeated) renderings of the local Spanish architecture, lush gardens and charming scenes along the Pacific Coast. For competitive exhibitions he executed highly original landscapes which employed the bold dramatic brushwork of the French Impressionists. William Adam died in Pacific Grove on 17 October 1931. His Central Avenue address has been restored by the local Heritage Society.
Type of artwork: Original Antique Oil Painting
Surface: Canvas
Artist and signature: Signed lower RH Side
Approximate age of artwork: Dated (18)80
Depiction or Location: Scottish Borders (area where the artist lived) Landscape scene, Horse and Cart
Is the artwork Framed or Mounted: Presented in simple unglazed decorative frame (Free with Painting)
Condition report: the artwork is considered to be in good condition in line with age. Please see our large selection of photographs to inspect the condition and quality of this item, and please don't hesitate to make contact, we are more than happy to answer any questions which you may have.
Size inc. frame approx. : 47 x 29 cm (size of canvas approx. 23 x 41 cm)
Strickland & Russell has dated this piece to the 1880s.
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William Adam 1846-1931 Original Antique Oil Painting on Canvas Dated (18)80 Horse Cart Scottish Borders
